Venturini Caballero, Natalia

Research interests

1) Biogeochemistry in coastal lagoons of Uruguay
This line seeks to understand how eutrophication, connectivity with the sea and hypoxia events, among other factors, alter bottom substrate composition and their effects on benthic communities biodiversity in coastal lagoons of our country.

2) Origin and lability of particulate organic material (MOP) in seamounts of the Southern Ocean
This line studies the composition of the MOP in the water column and marine sediments associated with the oceanographic and geomorphological characteristics in an area with submarine volcanic activity such as the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica.

3) Impacts of glacial melt in Antarctic fjords
From a historical and current perspective, this line investigates the modification of terrestrial and marine carbon fluxes and storage in Antarctic fjords, resulting from melting ice and glacial retreat, and its influence on ecological and functional aspects of the benthic communities of these fjords.

4) Contamination in sediments of the Río de la Plata
This line seeks to understand how organic and inorganic pollution derived from anthropogenic activities alters the composition of bottom sediments and its effects on benthic communities biodiversity in an area of ​​high relevance for our country.

Working area

Research in Oceanography, benthic ecology, marine biogeochemistry, marine pollution and Antarctic Oceanography.